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portada understanding agency: social theory and responsible action
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Year
1999
Language
English
Pages
176
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
23.4 x 15.6 x 1.1 cm
Weight
0.43 kg.
ISBN
0761963677
ISBN13
9780761963677
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understanding agency: social theory and responsible action

Barry Barnes (Author) · Sage Publications Ltd · Hardcover

understanding agency: social theory and responsible action - Barnes, Barry

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Synopsis "understanding agency: social theory and responsible action"

In this penetrating and assured book, one of the leading commentators in the field argues that social theory is moving in the wrong direction in its reflections on human freedom and autonomy. It has borrowed notions of ′agency′ and ′choice′ from everyday discourse, but increasingly it puts a misconceived individualistic gloss upon them. Against this, Barnes unequivocally identifies human beings as social agents in a profound sense, and emphasises the vital importance of their sociability. Notions of ′agency′, ′freedom′ and ′choice′ have to be understood by reference to their role in communicative interaction; they are key components of the discourse through which human beings identify each other, and have effects upon each other, as soci

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